Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956
Foot Notes
1. This Act has been extended to Dadra
and Nagar Haveli , w.e.f . 1st. July, 1965 by Reg. 6 of 1963, to Goa , Daman and Diu by Reg. 11 of
1963 and to the Union Territory of Pondicherry by Act
26 of 1968.
2. Substituted by Act 44 or 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987 for the words "suppression of immoral traffic in women
and girls".
3. Substituted , ibid., w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987, for the words "Suppression of Immoral Traffic in Women and
Girls".
4. Appointed day is 1st. May, 1958, vide G.S.R. 269, dated 16th.
April, 1958 vide notification in GOI, Part II, Sec. 3( i ),
page 203.
5. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
6. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986 for the words "of
prostitution", w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
7. Inserted, ibid., w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
8. Clause ( aa ) relettered
as clause (b), ibid., w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
9. Substituted, ibid., for the words "women and
girls", w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
10. Substituted, ibid., for the words "female undertrials ", w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
11. Clause (b) omitted, ibid., w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
12. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978 for clause (c), w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
13. Inserted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
14. Clause (e) omitted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
15. Substituted, ibid., for clauses (f) and (g), w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
16. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, for clause (f), w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
17. Substituted, ibid., for earlier clause (j), w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
18. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. January, 1979.
19. Inserted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
20. Substituted, ibid., for the words "a woman or
girl", w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
21. Inserted, ibid., w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
22. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, for earlier sub-section (2), w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
23. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, for the words "woman or
girl", w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
24. Substituted, ibid., w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
25. Sub-section (2) omitted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
26. Substituted, ibid., for the words "woman or girl",
w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
27. Substituted, ibid., w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
28. Substituted, ibid., for the earlier sub-section (2), w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
29. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978 for sub-section (1), w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
30. Inserted, ibid, w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
31. Substituted, ibid, for the words "which may extend to
two hundred rupees", w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
32. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
33. Added by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
34. Brackets and Figures "(1)" omitted, ibid., w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
35. Substituted by Act No. 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
36. Substituted, ibid., w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
37. Sub-section (2) omitted, ibid., w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
38. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, for earlier section 10, w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
39. Certain words omitted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
40. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978 for sub-section (2), w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
41. Inserted by Act 44 of 1936, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
42. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978 for certain words, w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
43. Inserted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
44. Inserted by Act 46 of 1973, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
45. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, for sub-section (4), w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
46. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, for the words "the
girl", w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
47. Inserted, ibid, w.e.f . 26th.
January, 1987.
48. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, for sections 16 and 17, w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
49. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, ibid. for earlier clauses (a)
and (b), w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
50. Substituted, ibid., for the words "Provided that",
w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
51. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, for the words "women and
girls", w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
52. Inserted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
53. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, for the words "two
hundred yards", w.e.f . 2nd. October, 979.
54. Inserted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
55. Substituted, ibid., for the words "expiry of one
year", w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
56. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, for earlier section 19, w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
57. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f
2nd. October, 1979.
58. Inserted, ibid., w.e.f . 2nd.
October, 1979.
59. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
60. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
61. Inserted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
62. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
63. Sections 22A and 22B inserted, ibid., w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
64. Inserted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
65. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986 for earlier clause (b), w.e.f . 26th. January, 1987.
66. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
67. Substituted, ibid., for earlier clause (c), w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
68. Substituted by Act 46 of 1978 for earlier clause (g), w.e.f . 2nd. October, 1979.
69. Substituted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.
70. Inserted by Act 46 of 1978, w.e.f .
2nd. October, 1979.
71. Omitted by Act 44 of 1986, w.e.f .
26th. January, 1987.